Quotes of the Week - November 17, 2008:
"It will never work with all those Huns, wops and dagos." --
Britain's Queen Mother on the EU, quoted by BBC man Edward Stourton in
his book 'It's a PC World'.
"I've been sleeping like a baby: sleep two hours, wake up and cry,
sleep two hours, wake up and cry." -- John McCain, asked how he was
doing by Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show', in first interview after his
defeat in US presidential election.
"Our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but, obviously, a
lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me." -- Barack Obama, on choosing
a dog for his children as they go into the White House.
Authors:
Vincent Van Gogh Quotes, Famous Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
I
have played hell somewhat with the truthfulness of the colors. Vincent Van Gogh On Olive trees with the Alpilles in the Background
I
put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind
in the process. Vincent Van Gogh
I
wish they would only take me as I am. Vincent Van Gogh
If
one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one
has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many
things. Vincent Van Gogh
If
you hear a voice within you saying, "You are not a painter,"
then by all means paint - and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh
In
the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism
and humbug and we shall want to live more musically. Vincent Van Gogh
It
always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we
see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation of
loneliness, poverty, and misery, the end and extreme of things
the thought of God comes into one's mind. Vincent Van Gogh
Looking
at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over
the black dots representing towns and villages on a map. Why,
I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible
as the black dots on the map of France? Vincent Van Gogh
Love
is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.
Now I as a painter shall never amount to anything important,
I am absolutely sure of it. Vincent Van Gogh
One
may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever
come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the
chimney and continue on the way. Vincent Van Gogh
Sex
and the City
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